JPH09139A - Apparatus for producing hydrated powder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a hydrated powder from sticking to a hopper in finishing part by enabling the smooth taking out of the powder in a powder tank without retention in the tank and providing a stirring blade in a mixer with functions to spatter on the inner wall of the mixer. CONSTITUTION: This apparatus for producing a conical rotating guide is obtained by installing a rotating guide in a powder tank 2, forming the surface facing to the rotating direction of stirring blade provided nearly at 45 deg. angle at a rotating shaft of a mixer 16 along a slope successively reducing the wall thickness from the base end to the tip, connecting a hopper 28 provided between a powder takeout port of the mixer and a finishing part 26 to a rotating mechanism and bringing a scraping off rod into slide contact with the inner peripheral surface of the hopper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a so-called hydration method for producing powdery soda powder such as buckwheat noodles by adding water, syrup, salt and the like to powders such as wheat flour and buckwheat flour and stirring the mixture. The present invention relates to a powder manufacturing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a powder tank, a mixer for agitating powder supplied from the tank while pouring water, a finishing section and a mixer for introducing a water-mixed powder produced by the mixer into a stirring finishing section. A device having a hopper interposed between the hopper and the take-out port is generally known.

[0003]

Among the devices described in the prior art, in the powder tank, a rotary shaft having a feed rod radially protruding is vertically provided at the center of the tank, and the powder is fed by rotation of the rotary shaft. The movement of the rod stirs the powder in the tank, and thereby the powder is discharged and supplied to the mixer from the discharge port provided at one side of the lower part of the tank. There is a problem that the powder in the central portion cannot be properly guided to the discharge port provided on one side of the lower portion of the tank. Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to specially devise the above-mentioned rotary shaft so as to effectively guide the powder to the discharge port.

The mixer of the apparatus described in the prior art has a structure in which a stirring blade is mounted on a horizontally long cylindrical casing and high-speed rotation of the stirring blade obtains the hydrous powder. However, there is a problem that they adhere to each other like dumplings and impair the stirring function. Therefore, a second object of the present invention is to improve the stirring function by adding a device to the surface of the stirring blade to prevent the admixture of the hydrous powder on the stirring blade as much as possible.

Further, since the finishing section of the apparatus described in the prior art has a structure in which the hydrated powder discharged from the outlet of the mixer is received by the hopper and supplied to the finishing section, the hydrated powder adheres to the inner wall of the hopper. Therefore, there is a problem that the supply of the hydrolyzed powder to the finishing portion becomes uneven. Therefore, a third object of the present invention is to devise the above hopper to prevent the admixture of the hydrous powder to the hopper and to uniformly supply the hydrous powder to the finishing section.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a powder tank, a receiving port for powder supplied from the powder tank, and a water injection port supplied from a water supply unit on the proximal side. And, the rotary shaft is mounted on a horizontally long cylindrical casing having a water powder outlet on the tip side, and a powder feed screw blade is provided at the inlet portion of the rotary shaft, and a front portion of the screw blade. A mixer having stirrer blades arranged in a staggered pattern in the axial direction at an angle of about 45 ° to the axis of the rotating shaft, and a water-soluble powder that is exposed to the outlet of the mixer and discharged from the outlet. In the apparatus for producing a hydropowder composed of a hopper for introducing into the finishing section, a conical rotating guide is provided in the center of the inside of the powder tank, and a scraping rod provided in the powder tank is provided on the conical surface of the rotating guide. Nothing, stirring provided on the rotating shaft of the mixer However, the surface facing the rotation direction is formed by an inclined surface in the direction in which the thickness gradually decreases from the base to the tip, and the hopper facing the outlet of the mixer is rotatably connected to the drive mechanism. The gist is that the scraping bar is elastically urged in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the hopper.

[0007]

EXAMPLE 1 1 is a machine frame, 2 is a cylindrical powder tank installed in the machine frame, the powder tank 2 has a powder inlet having a lid 3 at the upper end, and a powder collection port at one lower side. Exits 4 are provided respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, a rotary shaft 5 is provided in the inner central axis direction of the powder tank 2, and the upper feed rod 6 is attached to the rotary shaft 5.
And a lower feed rod 7 which is erected at the outer end thereof are provided radially and in a staggered manner in plan view, and the rotary shaft portion located below the lower feed rod 7 has a conical shape. The guide 8 is provided so as to rotate integrally.
A bottom edge 9 that substantially matches the inner diameter of the powder tank 2 is provided on the lower surface of the, and ridges 10 are provided on the conical surface of the guide 8 at equal intervals. A scraping rod 11 formed in a frame shape so as to allow the powder to pass is closely faced to a conical surface located between and, and a motor 12 is connected to the rotating shaft 5. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, one side edge of the take-out port 4 is bulged so that the powder can easily come out, and the upper part of the take-out port 4 is weighted from above. A roof 4a is provided to prevent it from being covered. An adjusting plate 13 for adjusting the amount of powder taken out faces the outlet 4 so that the amount of opening can be adjusted.

Below the outlet 4 of the powder tank 2, a mixer 16 is arranged via a hopper 15 connected to a vibrator motor 14. The mixer 16 includes a receiving port 17 for the powder supplied from the hopper 15 and the water tank 1.
8 is connected to a water injection port 20 via a solenoid valve 19 at the base end side, and a water vapor outlet 21 is provided at the tip end in a horizontally long cylindrical casing with a rotary shaft 22 shown in FIG. Hang up,
A stirring blade 24 having a powder feed screw blade 23 attached to the inlet 17 of the rotary shaft 22 and a front portion of the screw blade 23 at an angle of about 45 ° to the axis of the rotary shaft 22.
Are arranged in a zigzag pattern in the axial direction, and the surface of the stirring blade 24 facing the rotational direction is formed by a slope 25 that is gradually thinned from the base to the tip as shown in FIG. The slope 2
The accuracy α of 5 is appropriately selected according to the thickness of the stirring blade 24,
In this example, the angle is set to 8 °.

Below the outlet 21 of the mixer 16, the hydropowder discharged from the outlet 21 is filled with the finishing portion 2
A hopper 28 which is rotated by a motor 27 for introduction into the 6 (stirrer) is exposed, and a scraping rod 29 supported by a machine frame is attached to an inner wall surface of the hopper 28 by a spring 30.
The sliding contact is urged by. In addition, 31 is a receiving box of water powder, 32 is a stand of the receiving box, and 33 is a motor for reciprocating the stand 32.

[0010]

The powder contained in the powder tank 2 is fed by the rotation of the upper and lower feed rods 6 and 7 and the powder guiding action of the conical surface by the rotation of the guide 8 on the inner peripheral wall side of the powder tank. Is continuously discharged into the tank from the take-out port 4 provided in the lower portion of the inner peripheral wall, and the discharged powder is supplied to the receiving port 17 of the mixer 16 via the hopper 15. The powder supplied from the inlet 17 to the mixer 16 comes into contact with an appropriate amount of water from the water tank 18 which is also poured into the mixer 16, and the screw blade 23 feeds the powder and the stirring blade 24 performs the stirring operation. Are sequentially kneaded and conveyed, and are discharged from the outlet 21 as water-soluble powder and fall into the hopper 28. The hopper 28 is rotating, and the scraping rod 29 biases the inner peripheral surface of the scraping rod 29 in sliding contact. Therefore, the hydrous powder is always given a peeling action, and therefore the hydrous powder does not adhere to the wall surface of the hopper, and the hydrous powder is uniformly supplied to the finishing section 26. The water-powder powder supplied to the finishing section 26 is disassembled into pieces by the screw of the finishing section 26, and falls into the receiving box 31 as a rough product cloth to be taken out.

Further, in the apparatus of the present invention, so-called hot-dish can be used in which hot water having a boiling temperature is used instead of water.
In addition, it is of course possible to manufacture so-called strange noodle dough by mixing powder with additives such as curry powder and garlic.

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (A) Since a conical rotating guide is provided in the center of the inside of the powder tank having the powder discharge port on the lower one side wall surface, and a scraping rod faces the conical surface, it is easy to collect in the center of the powder tank. The conical surface of the guide naturally guides the powder to the discharge port, so that the powder can be smoothly taken out from the discharge port. (B) The stirring blade provided on the rotation axis of the mixer at an angle of about 45 ° has a surface facing the rotation direction further formed by a slope in the direction in which the thickness gradually decreases from the base portion to the tip, so that the slope surface is powdered. It was found that the body constantly splashed against the inner wall of the mixer, resulting in a much better quality dough. (C) Since the hopper of the finishing section facing the outlet of the mixer is constantly rotated and the scraping rod is slidably contacted to the inner peripheral surface of the hopper, the scraping action of the hydrous powder causes the powder to be removed. Adhesion to the wall surface of the hopper can be prevented, and it can be uniformly supplied to the finishing section.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of the powder tank.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of the powder tank.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a rotating shaft.

FIG. 6 is an end view of a rotating shaft.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a stirring blade.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway front view of a hopper of a finishing section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 powder tank 16 water tank 18 water tank 26 finishing section 28 hopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A powder tank, a powder inlet supplied from the powder tank, and a water injection inlet supplied from a water supply unit are provided at a base end side, and a water powder outlet is provided at a tip end side. A rotating shaft is mounted on a horizontally long cylindrical casing, and a powder feeding screw blade is provided at the receiving portion of the rotating shaft, and a stirring blade is provided at a front portion of the screw blade at approximately 45 ° with respect to the axis of the rotating shaft. ,
Further, in a manufacturing apparatus for hydrous powder, which comprises a mixer arranged in a zigzag pattern in the axial direction and a hopper that faces the take-out port of the mixer and introduces the hydrous powder discharged from the take-out port into a finishing section. An apparatus for producing a hydrous powder, comprising a conical rotation guide provided in the center of the inside of the powder tank, and a scraping rod provided on the powder tank facing the conical surface of the rotation guide. 2. The stirring blade provided on the rotating shaft of the mixer is characterized in that a surface facing the rotating direction is formed by an inclined surface in a direction in which the thickness gradually decreases from the base to the tip. Water powder manufacturing equipment. 3. A hopper facing an outlet of the mixer is rotatably connected to a drive mechanism, and a scraping rod is elastically urged in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the hopper. Item 1. An apparatus for producing a hydrolyzed powder according to item 1.